And today, the thunderstorms that have been battering southern parts of the UK are heading north.

Hull remains outside of the Met Office's weather warning area but a spokesman said that does not mean we will escape the storms.

And The Weather Channel says we can expect to see scattered thunderstorms on Wednesday afternoon and evening.

Lightning strikes over London after thunderstorms hit the UK (Image: The View from The Shard/PA Wire)

Graham Madge, a spokesman for the Met Office, said: "Considering Hull is only about 25 miles outside of the warning area it is quite likely there will be some spells where there is potential for storms.

"What you have to remember is the warning area covers the area with the heaviest impact but it doesn't mean to say people in the Hull area won't experience that intense rainfall and thunderstorms, it just means the impact isn't likely to meet the threshold for a warning."

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He said the east coast of the UK should fare better than the west when it comes to a band of heavy rain which is over the UK.

"It looks much drier than it does on the west but there may be the odd shower or a more prolonged period of rain," he said.

"Overnight and into Thursday we do have a cold front pushing through and that will be moving the warm and humid air out of the way.

"There will be a much fresher feel and that will be bringing temperatures down a bit. Then on Friday we are going to have a low pressure system over the British isles and that will bring some rain, but there will be drier spells within that and some quite bright periods."

The storms caused flash flooding in Cornwall (Image: PA)

The storms on Tuesday were caused by hot air pushing north from Spain - known as a Spanish Plume - and led to severe flash flooding in Cornwall.

Mr Madge said: "We have had a mix of humid air and heat that caused yesterday's storms, which was brought up from Spain.

"Today we are going to be generating our own thunderstorms from the heat that is over the UK."